Sage 17

Sage 17 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Jerry Montgomery as a daysailer and a pocket cruiser and first built in 2011.^[2][3]

Sage 17

Development
Designer	Jerry Montgomery
Location	United States
Year	2011
Builder	Sage Marine
Role	Day sailer-cruiser
Name	Sage 17
Boat
Displacement	1,300 lb (590 kg)
Draft	3.50 ft (1.07 m) with centerboard down
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fiberglass and carbon fiber
LOA	16.83 ft (5.13 m)
LWL	15.58 ft (4.75 m)
Beam	6.75 ft (2.06 m)
Engine type	outboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	shoal keel and centerboard
Ballast	520 lb (236 kg)
Rudder	transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan	fractional rigged sloop[1]
Mainsail area	98 sq ft (9.1 m2)
Jib/genoa area	54–87 sq ft (5.0–8.1 m2)

Production

The design was built by Sage Marine in Golden, Colorado, United States beginning in 2011, and production ceased after being suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2][4][5]

Design

Sage 17 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of carbon fiber, fiberglass with vinylester resin, with teak wood trim. The deck, coach house and transom have a balsa core.

The sailplan is a 7/8 fractional sloop with a single set of spreaders. The hull has a plumb stem, vertical transom, transom-hung kick-up rudder controlled by a tiller and an underbody with a shoal keel containing a centerboard.

Displacement is 1,300 lb (590 kg) and carries 120 lb (54 kg) of ballast in the centerboard, with an additional 400 lb (181 kg) of ballast in the keel.^[2][3]

Sage 17 has a draft of 3.50 ft (1.07 m) with the centerboard extended and 1.75 ft (0.53 m) retracted, allowing beaching and simplifying transportation on a trailer.^[2]

The boat is normally fitted with a two horsepower outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.^[2][3]

The cabin has sleeping accommodation for two people with a double "V"-berth in the cabin. Interior seating is port and starboard just aft of the "V"-berth at the companionway. A head is located under the aft end of the "V"-berth.^[3]

The 98 sq ft (9.1 m²) main was offered with one or two reef points. Multiple headsails were available:

• 54 sq ft (5.0 m²) working jib
• 65 sq ft (6.0 m²) 'lapper'
• 87 sq ft (8.1 m²) genoa
• 16 sq ft (1.5 m²) storm jib.

Roller reefing/furling headsail hardware was an option.^[3]

Operational history

Sail magazine named the design one of its Best Boats of 2013, describing it as, "a pretty, seamanlike little thing that’s sure to draw admiring looks way out of proportion to its size."^[6]

In Sail magazine's 2013 review Kimball Livingston wrote, "It's easy to like this boat. Anyone looking for a pocket cruiser more or less like this little one should ask for a dance."^[7]

See also

• List of sailing boat types